Activity 2

Film Style

Introduction Task
Watch at least one scene from ATTACK THE BLOCK. and use film language to identify where and
how the identified styles are present on screen.

You may need to watch more than one scene in order to see how the different styles are present in the
film.

This link might help you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnLVesoen4g&list=PLeNerb9lxe3nHVQ4E6CxOmu0x3BHdbi4-

Style Film Language examples that create that style

Social-realist It is set in an urban area near a park and surrounded by

Key Tropes: urban setting
poverty, drugs, crime and
the depiction of the
working class in a negative
manner
flats. This shows poverty around the area.
The teenagers used knifes to threaten the woman
showing crime.

O tre
Classic sci-fi
Key Tropes: Locations
such as corridors,
laboratories and even the
use of camera movements
and props
Near a park set around old flats.
The use of long shots shows how the area looks
Close ups were also used on the people showing what
they were wearing.
They were wearing bandanas and raggy clothes to look
road like.
The use of slang was used

Horror Use of violence was used and there was gore showed in
Key Tropes: Violence, the scene. There were threats used towards the woman.
threat and gore
Main Task
Identify and summarise at least two different styles in your chosen film, just as you did with
ATTACK THE BLOCK
FILM NAME: luther

Style Film Language examples that create that style

Social-realist The setting is just like attack on the block it was set around
Key Tropes: urban setting council flats showing poverty. Theres a lot of crime used
poverty, drugs, crime and and violence.
the depiction of the
working class in a negative
manner

Thriller Set around council flats and in london

Key Tropes: Locations
such as corridors,
laboratories and even the
use of camera movements
and props
The use of low angle shots are used to show the buildigs
in the background
Luther wears a suit to look like a detective

Horror The use of a gun shows violence used

Key Tropes: Violence, Knives wear used for threat as well.
threat and gore A lot of violence and a lot of gore

Extension Task (a)

For your chosen film for Section C of Component 2, identify 3 scenes which have a clear
visual style to each. For each scene, identify what you think the style is using ideas from
Activity Two.

You may find that style is the same in more than one clip and this is fine, though trying to
identify a range of styles for a range of clips will be beneficial in terms of answering a range
of potential questions in the exam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=wnLVesoen4g&list=PLeNerb9lxe3nHVQ4E6CxOmu0x3BHdbi4-

Description of key Style in that scene Film language Film language

scene examples of examples of mise-en-
cinematography from scene from that scene
that scene
Extension Task (b)

Finally, for this Section, choose a scene that has the clearest sense of a style which you’ve
identified.

Your task is to analyse this clip. Use the ideas and notes from the tasks you have already
done as a basis and then create more of a fully-formed paragraph rather than a series of
notes.

You could even practice this as a timed exercise to prepare for writing in an exam.

Use plenty of examples of film language, identify elements of cinematography and/or-mise-

en-scene and use these to explain how they contribute to and create the visual style you’ve
identified

Begin by summarising the narrative of the clip and then how you would describe the visual style of
the clip.

TIP - One way of doing so is to refer to the explicit detail first, for example, a long shot and then
explore the implicit suggestion in using that example.

E.G, why a film might use a long shot to communicate a key idea you learned when researching
context and doing tasks two and three.